A 75-year-old Kansas man was killed when his antique tractor rolled on top of him at the Nebraska State Fair.

The Nebraska State Patrol says Charley DeWeese was trying to load his 1936 John Deere tractor onto a trailer when the accident happened Sunday morning.

The Thayer, Kan., man fell off the tractor and was pinned beneath it after the tractor’s right rear tire slipped off the ramp.

State Patrol Lt. Dennis Leonard said DeWeese took part in Saturday’s attempt to set a new record for the largest tractor parade. Fair officials say 1,139 people brought tractors to the fairgrounds in Grand Island, Neb., for the tractor parade.

DeWeese travelled to the Nebraska Fair with his wife.

An Omaha man is facing drunken driving charges after crashing into a building.

Police said the 23-year-old driver crashed into a business in southeast Omaha near 15th and Vinton streets around 1 a.m. Sunday.

the driver of the 1996 Toyota Paseo veered off of Vinton Street and hit the building, causing about $30,000 in structural damage.

The driver was treated and released at an Omaha hospital for his injuries before being arrested.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received two grants worth nearly $1.6 million to help improve rural health care.

The Medical Center’s Patricia Leuschen says these grants will allow the Nebraska facility to play a prominent role in promoting rural health care.

One grant worth $993,910 over five years will help pay for two national conferences for physician assistants in 2014 and 2016.

The second grant worth $593,088 will support research examining ways to reduce falls in rural hospitals that serve older adults.

Indian Cave State Park near Shubert in the southeastern corner of Nebraska will celebrate Labor Day with a variety of activities, including guided horse trail rides and living history demonstrations.

A number of historic trades will be demonstrated, including candle, soap, butter and broom maing, blacksmithing and wood carving, from Sept. 1-3.

Also, the Pioneer Longrifle Gun Club will hold its rendezvous over the Labor Day weekend and hold a buffalo stew feed at 6 p.m. on Sept. 1. The cost is $9 for adults and $6 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets must be purchased in advance. A fireworks show is planned for later that night, if conditions allow it.

More information can be obtained by calling 402-883-2575. A park entry permit is required to enter the park.

An Omaha man devoted to the TV mobster series “The Sopranos” who used a hammer to attack a former roommate after he declined to join his “family” in challenging his conviction under a relatively new Nebraska anti-gang law.

Steven Scott was convicted last summer of second-degree assault and use of a deadly weapon. He also became the first person in the state convicted of unlawful membership recruitment into an organization or association that engages in criminal acts, a law passed in 2009 as part of a package targeting gang violence.

Scott’s attorney, Steve Lefler, says the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on a person’s rights to free speech and assembly.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s office says there is no constitutionally protected conduct prohibited by the law.

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln sorority has been suspended after a member complained of hazing.

The UNL’s Sigma Lambda Gamma chapter was ordered by its national organization to suspend activities. It can resume activities in June if it complies with its national office.

The sorority was accused of forcing pledges to wear all black, do calisthenics and carry an egg at all times, as well as depriving them of sleep by requiring them to attend late night meetings, among other things.

The local chapter doesn’t have a house, like many UNL fraternities and sororities. The suspension will prevent it from participating in Multicultural Greek Council events.

The university also is investigating.

Bail has been set at $100,000 for a 31-year-old Beatrice man suspected of sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy.

John Richard Meyer was arrested Aug. 20 on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault for abusing the boy in a Beatrice home. Police say the boy told workers at his day care center, who reported it to child welfare officials.

Meyer remained jailed Saturday and could not be reached for comment, but the newspaper reports that he denied the allegations to police.

Meyer is set to appear in Gage County Court to face the charge on Sept. 11.